Incidents of the Maori War in New Zealand. by ALEXANDER Colonel Sir James Edward - 1863

1888 1ed CALIFORNIA Illustrated Santa Clara GOLD Indian Tribes Mexico WARS Foote
Horace Foote's 'Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World' is a beautiful, illustrated account of Santa Clara County, California. Published in 1888, this book features sketches and photographs of notable locations in California showing homes, breweries, and government buildings. It also includes biographies of prominent Californians as well as accounts of Indian tribes and the influence of the discovery of gold and the gold rush!

Item number: #10364
Price: $550
FOOTE, Horace
Pen pictures from the garden of the world or Santa Clara County, California Containing a history of the county of Santa Clara from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time
Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co., 1888. First edition.

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o 672
o Heavily illustrated throughout
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Language: English
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1828 American Revolution NAVY 1st ed Andrew Sherburne Memoirs Prison Jersey Ship

"Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne" is the narrative of the author's service in the Continental Navy in 1779 at the age of 14, and his being taken prisoner by the British only to later be released after falling ill. Andrew Sherburne went on to become a Baptist Minister and includes many Christian themes throughout his tale of imprisonment during the American Revolution at Mill prison in Plymouth England. Sherburne includes information on voyages made during the revolution, treatment as a prisoner of war, suffering on the Jersey prison ship, and being discharged at the peace of 1783.


Item number: #14144
Price: $499
SHERBURNE, Andrew
Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: a pensioner of the navy of the revolution.
Utica: W. Williams, 1828. First Edition.

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o [12], 262, [2]
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1785 Boston Revolutionary War Soldier Colonial America Weatherwise Almanac
Eighteenth-century American periodicals are notoriously rare, regardless of contents. This 1785 edition of Abraham Weatherwise's Almanac was published in Boston shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War. This issue includes, like others, phrases of the moon, eclipses, sunrises, and other calendar notes; however, it also features a letter from an anonymous Revolutionary War soldier written to his beloved.

Item number: #15589
Price: $499
JUDD, Eben Warner (pseud. Abraham Weatherwise)
Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1785
Boston: Printed and sold by Weeden and Barrett, 1785. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[24]
· References: Evans 19224
· Provenance: Handwritten – Lydia Goodwin
· Language: English
· Binding: Pamphlet
· Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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1847 1ed Mexico and Military Chieftains WAR of Independence SPAIN Hidalgo Revolt
Fayette Robinson's "Mexico and Her Military Chieftains" is a rare, mid-19th-century history of the wars with Mexico. This 1847 first edition contains descriptions of military figures and battles, focusing heavily on the Hidalgo Revolt and the Mexican War of Independence from 1810 to 1821. Note the inclusion of numerous full-page portrait engravings and scenes of Mexico.
Item number: #18667
Price: $499
ROBINSON, Fayette
Mexico and her military chieftains : from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time
Philadelphia : E.H. Butler & Co., 1847. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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ix, [3], 13-343, [1], 8
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12 engravings
· Provenance: Handwritten
o Fayette Robinson
o W. B. Wess
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Brown cloth
· Size: ~7.75in X 5in (19.5cm x 13cm)
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1735 ENGLISH 1ed Turenne Henri d'Auvergne France Military Dutch War Flanders

Henri d'Auvergne, more commonly known as Turenne, was a famous 17th-century French Marshal General known for being one of the greatest military leaders in French history. He led successful campaigns in the Dutch Warr, against the Spanish Netherlands, and wars in Flanders. All of these campaigns, as well as his political influence are covered in detail in Andrew Ramsay's "History of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne". This book is considered one of the best histories of Turenne.
Item number: #20214
Price: $550
RAMSAY, Andrew
The History of Henri de La Tour D'Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne, Marshal-General of France. In two volumes.
London : Printed by James Bettenham, 1735. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. I – [8], 496, [10]
o Vol. II – [4], 416 (i.e., 516), [4]
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Hodder & Stoughton. London.,1953. REPRINT. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.-- To my very dear friends Charlie and Jane, with fondest love from Freddie.-- A very good copy in slightly chipped dustwrapper. The book is protected in a red cloth chemise housed in a red morocco spined slip case, made by James Macdonald Co. New York. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Lettered in gilt.:

Leyden, Neth: Hendrik van Damme, 1705. Very Good. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: *4 (4to). Disbound. Woodcut initial letter. Not in Knuttel. A poem praising John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as a military hero. In Very Good Condition: disbound and without stitching; leaves are separating at fold; pages are clean and bright.

Edinburgh and London. 1856. First edition. Octavo. xxvii, 234pp. Tinted litho. frontis., 3 further tinted litho. plates, folding plan of the Passage of the Ingour, large folding map. Title page woodcut vignette, 3 further woodcut illustrations. Recent quarter calf, spine in six with raised bands, leather label, gilt lettering and motifs, marbled boards. Renewed endpapers. Light foxing to plates. Large map folds carefully reinforced with paper tape. Neat marginal pencil note to xxv. A crisp handsome copy with all maps and plates as listed.
Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) Author, Adventurer, Spy, Diplomatic Negotiator, Lawyer, Religious Mystic.
As correspondent for The Times at Trebizond Oliphant met the Turkish commander Omar Pasha, joined his force and was present at the battle of the Ingour. A first hand valuable account of Ottoman military operations from both a political and military point of view.

Major-General E.B. Ashmore - Air Defence - London, Longmans Green & Co, 1929 - Hardcover - First Edition - 179pp + map - 22x15 cmCondition Very Good: Cover a few dirty spots, pencil note inside at the back. Some pages have been marked with a small cross in pencil. No other issues: tight, complete (with map) and in very good shape for such an old book.Major-General Ashmore was the leading figure in the air defence of the United Kingdom, founding what would eventually become the Royal Observer Corps. He was appointed to devise improved systems of detection, communication and control. A system to be called the Metropolitan Observation Service was created which covered the London area and was known as the London Air Defence Area.On 29 October 1925 the Observer Corps came into official existence. Major-General Ashmore was regarded as the first commander of the Observer Corps in all but name during 1925 and he is deemed to be the Corps' founder. If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel… Read More

London: Alexander M Palmer [1-879632-30-4] 1993. (4to) 259pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Bibliography. A small bump on the top back corner, a small scuff on the front endpaper where a previous owner's label has been removed and a small neat price in ink on the top corner of the back endpaper. (Military, Falklands War--1982, Gulf War--1991, Lebanon Campaign--1980-84, Middle East Campaign--1984-87, Military Medals--England, Northern Ireland Troubles--1969-92, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe Campaign-- 1980, Suez and Red Sea Campaign--1975-85).